Desk Build. First build in a long time!

Hey everyone my name's Drew I have done a few builds on OCAU got on the front page once with my, "Clear Ivory" build

So coming back into modding is gonna be a lot of fun and I hope I can impress a bunch of you guys!

The plan for these desk is to try to make it my own and make something that hasn't been made before. So I have angled the outer edges of the cases where I'll be mounting the radiators and fans with an intrekit designed loop.

One side of the case will have the motherboard, Graphics Card and the power supply. The center will have the RES's plus a creative little design with the water loop. The other side of the case will have a screen inside might make as a touch panel but not sure. This screen will display computer statistics as well as any sponsors* who decide to jump on board.​

*If you would like to jump on board with this build. It would definitely be appreciated. You can contact me at my email: ML777D@gmail.com

So I first thought I would create the desk out of aluminium although I felt MDF would be a much better option as it's cheapee easier to work with and have a very nice finish to it already.​

A huge thankyou to Gigabyte Technology for sending out an z270 Aorus Gaming 5 Motherboard!

So depending on the board i get ill either be using a i7 7700k or a i7 6700k. Both very similar performing chips so keen on the upgrade.

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The second being a PCIE extender, which im thinking about purchasing from Thermaltake once they release what they displayed at CES. Picture thanks to GGF

And the final being what CPU to use, I have been looking through forums all through out the interwebs and yet I havent found a conclusive answer to whether the i7 6700K will work on a Z270 Motherboard. When you think about it, the cpu should work on the newer model board as it has the same chipset although a slightly lower core base. WOuld anybody here know?

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Alright so I thought a few days ago that I was going into Umart to buy an i7 7700k but after all consideration I bought an i5 7600k as I have read into its overclockable capabilities.
So this is what I came home with.

She's coming along nicely. Colour wise, I would go with something that will complement the colour of your components.
Just make sure you prime that MDF, it likes to drink the paint, particularly on the exposed edges.
Looking forward to seeing the end results !!!

She's coming along nicely. Colour wise, I would go with something that will complement the colour of your components.
Just make sure you prime that MDF, it likes to drink the paint, particularly on the exposed edges.
Looking forward to seeing the end results !!!

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Yeah plan is to sand it down do a couple coats of primer then paint it!

So today I got in contact with Crucial Memory who have agreed to send me out some Ballistix 4 x 4gb sticks of DDR4 RAM. Which is awesome and so thankful for. Thanks to Crucial Memory for sponsoring this build!

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So this is the motherboard tray, made out of White 6mm Plexiglass. The components sit on clear pieces and the plan is to run leds underneth it so you get a nice led glow.
Got a bit of fixing up to do but i fell like its coming along nicely

Slightly off topic but how does the process go of getting products off mobs? Did you just email crucial and say that your doing a build will you sponsor it, and what happens to the ram once your done? Yours free to keep, do you sell it on, do you have to send it back??